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The Apocalypse Clock
A short story diptych written by the award-winning author Patrick Ness
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Maeve Binchy Short Stories
A selection of stories from the much-loved Irish author Maeve Binchy
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David Constantine - Tea at the Midland
Short stories from one of the London Evening Standard's Books of the Year 2012.
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Bird Cloud
Author Annie Proulx plans to build the home of her dreams in remote Wyoming
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark's much-loved and sparkling classic about an Edinburgh school teacher
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Mary Costello - The China Factory
Short stories from Mary Costello's acclaimed debut collection.
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I Refuse
Stories marking the centenary of the birth of American civil rights heroine Rosa Parks
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Brian Friel Season
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra celebrates the Irish author with a series of his plays
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Maiden City Stories
Three short stories written to celebrate Derry-Londonderry's status as UK City of Culture
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Evelyn Waugh - Scoop
Based on the writer's 1938 satire of sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondence
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Three Stories by Edith Pearlman
Series of short stories by the American short story writer
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Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair
A mild and conventional assistant postmaster has an obsession with the great writer
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Jim Crace - Quarantine
Award-winning nvoel set in the Judean desert, 2000 years ago. Read by Sara Kestelman
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David Profumo - Bringing the House Down
John Profumo's son David's account of the events of 1963, read by Robert Glenister
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Machiavelli - The Prince
The Florentine philosopher's tour-de-force, read by Peter Firth
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American Shorts
A series of newly-published stories that examine contemporary life across the water
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Chris Paling - Words and Music
Series of stories by Chris Paling where the music plays as important a role as the words
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Feminine Mystiques
Three short stories from leading writers exploring the contemporary feminist landscape
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Michael Holroyd - Basil Street Blues
Biographer Michael Holroyd reads his moving account of his own extraordinary family
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The Fanthorpe Investigations
Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates tales of the unexplained
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Tales from the East
Series of stories taking their inspiration from the East Anglian coast
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Come Back With The Wind by Les Dawson
Les Dawson reads his own epic novel of civil war between the North and South of Britain.
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Bloody Scotland
Short stories by leading crime writers, recorded at the 2013 Bloody Scotland festival
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Brazilian Bonanza
Short stories that shine a spotlight on Brazil's literary culture
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Stories From the South Downs
Series of three readings evoking the South Downs from writers new to radio
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A Better Class of Person by John Osborne
Autobiography of dramatist John Osborne, based on his childhood and early life.
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James Joyce - Ivy Day in the Committee Room
Short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners.
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Nadine Gordimer - A Flash of Fireflies
Three daring short stories by Nadine Gordimer, set in apartheid South Africa
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Where Were You When Kennedy Was Shot?
Three writers give their own spin on the day that President John F Kennedy was killed
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Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices
The human dramas and follies behind the scenes of the wartime 麻豆社 News.
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Through the Wardrobe
In tribute to CS Lewis, short stories that take listeners into unexpected worlds
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Big Ben's Chimes
Archive recordings and poem readings pay tribute to the familiar chimes
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Eric Lomax - The Railway Man
Eric Lomax's best-selling autobiography, featuring his wartime experiences.
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Sir John Betjeman - Summoned by Bells
The late poet laureate's 'life in verse', from nursery to university. Read by the author.
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Donna Tartt - The Secret History
A former Vermont college student looks back upon the deadly events of years earlier.
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The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic of immigrant life in London.
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Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
Colin MacInnes's cult classic about teenagers, style and racial tension in 1950s London
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A Shepherd in London
Two short stories about Scottish shepherd George Donald and his sheep in 1920s London
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William Wordsworth - The Prelude
Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem.
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